Thore Christian Elias Fries
1886–1930, Swedish biologist
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Thore Christian Elias Fries (3 November 1886 – 31 December 1930 son of Theodor Magnus Fries and brother of Robert Elias Fries)[1] was Professor of Systematic Botany at Lund University. He specialised in lichenology and plant geography. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation T.C.E.Fr. when citing a botanical name.[2] He did his field work and travelled in India and Africa[3]
He was a member of the British Mycological Society and associated with many botanical gardens and other museums.[4][5]
